BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC. v. ARTEAGA

No. 333, 2014.

113 A.3d 1045 (2015)

BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC., Defendant-Below, Appellant, v. Andres ARTEAGA, individually, and as Co-Representative of the Estate of Leonardo Andres Arteaga (deceased); and Socorro Arteaga, individually, and as Co-Representative of the Estate of Leonardo Andres Arteaga (deceased), et al., Plaintiffs-Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided April 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Bellew, Esquire , Damien Nicholas Tancredi, Esquire , Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, Delaware; Catherine Slavin, Esquire (argued), Gordon & Rees LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.

Richard A. Zappa, Esquire , Timothy E. Lengkeek, Esquire , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Garvan F. McDaniel, Esquire , The Hogan Firm, Wilmington, Delaware; John C. Schwambach, Jr., Esquire (argued), Stevenson & Murray, Houston, Texas, for Appellees.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, VALIHURA, and VAUGHN, Justices; and GLASSCOCK, Vice Chancellor; constituting the Court en Banc.


I. INTRODUCTION

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. ("Bell"), a Delaware corporation, appeals from a Superior Court order determining that Texas law should govern litigation involving a helicopter that crashed in Mexico on October 15, 2010. Despite the presumption...

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